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No. 80,033. Y Patented uly 14, 18 8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. TOAN, OF KINGS FERRY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT. IN HoRsE'sHoEs."

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 80,033, dated July 14,1868.

To all whom it may concern." pose of renewing when worn out, and withoutBeit known that I, JOHN S. ToAN, of Kings removing the shell from thehorses foot, I Ferry, in the county of Cayuga and 'State of sometimesmake the inner wall of the groove New York, have invented a new anduseful removable, as,shown at F,'Fig. 2, securing Improvement inHorseshoes; and I do hereby thoseremovable parts by screws G. 'G. 7 Whendeclare the following to be a full, clear, and these screws are removedthe pieces F may exact description of the same, reference bebedisplaced, and the sole E taken away and ing made to the accompanyingdrawings, in another put inits place, and the whole secured whichasbefore, and this without removing the shell Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of one of my A from the horses foot. shoes'complete. Fig. 2is aplan view of one That part. of the sole which is'at the toe of myshoes,.;difi erently constructed, in.comshould bemadebroaderthantheother parts, as plete. it is most exposed to wear.

The nature of my invention consists in pro- Any person who has observedthe evident viding an elastic and adhesive sole fora horsereliefexperienced by a horse when he leaves shoe, which shall relieve thehorses foot of 1 the hard pavementand steps upon the natural the shockexperienced in traveling upon pavesoil of a dirt-road, or has witnessedthe conm'ents, andshall also render the foot less liable stant struggleto maintain a sure footing upon to slip upona smooth pavement. thesmooth pavement of a much-traversed That others may understand theconstruestreet, cannot be'insensible of'the benefit to tion andoperation of myinvention,'I will parbe derived from an elastic shoewhich shall ticularly describe it. interpose between the hoof and thepavement,

A'is the-iron shoe; similar. inform to those and, above all,'of therelief that a shoe which ordinarily used. "instead, however, of beingwill not slip upon a smooth pavement will forged in a solid bar] of therequired shape, give to muscles which are otherwise constantly my shoeis amereshell of thiniron, and may strained to preserve a footing.beconstructed of malleablecast-iron or other India-rubberpossesses'thequalities required suitable metaL'; The sides or edges of this in 'aneminentd'egree. It is elastic, and in the shoe are turned up andinclined toward each process of vulcanizing can be so modified as.other, so as to form'a recess, 0, or groove havto give it anyrequireddegree of elasticity. in g a dovetailed section, as shown at BB, Fig. Its elasticity enables it to resist abrasion and 1: This recessruns from one end of the shoe it possesses the quality of adhesiveness,which to the other, as shown in Fig. 2. will prevent the foot shod with.it from slip- Along the outer edge of the base of the ping on thesmoothest pavement. shoe, and toward the toe, are the flanges D D,Having described myinven'tion, whatl claim through which are holes forthe nails by which as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patthe shoeis to be attached to the horses foot. ent, is-

The sole E is made of any suitable material, 1. A horseshoe providedwith a nail-flange, self-vulcanized rubber being preferred. It D, and anindia-rubber sole, substantially as should be.,- no1de d into the-groove,0 before he described. ing vulcanized, so that said groove will be per2. The clamps F F, for the purpose of fectly filled; and it will be anadvantage if readily securing and removing the india-rubthat portion ofthe sole which isinclosed within her sole E, substantially as described.

.the walls of the groove is' made of hard rub- I her, as giving-a firmerhold and better secur JOHN TOAN' ity against accidental displacement. HWitnesses In order to permit the sole E to be removed. R.'D. 0. SMITH,and replaced without dificulty, for the pu'r- ,ANDREW-WHITELEY.

